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Learn About Investing

Investing isn’t rocket science, but it can still be challenging. The Learn section contains tools and resources for individuals looking to learn all about the process of investing. The tools include booklets, links, research, education initiatives, and more.
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Teach Investing

The Teach section is designed for educators who want to teach investor education and protection in their classrooms, workplaces, community centers, etc. This section includes resources for educators including curriculum, links, video, and more. Individuals can learn a lot from this section, too.
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Protect Yourself

Protecting yourself and your family from investment fraud is an important part of investing. The Protect section includes tools and information to help investors recognize and avoid investment fraud. Resources include information on Regulators, booklets, programs, video, and more
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Grant Opportunities

IPT provides grants on a competitive basis from the Investor Education Fund to develop and implement investor education and protection programs. The Grant section includes information about the grant process, grant awards, information about IPT, and more.
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About the Investor Protection Trust

The Investor Protection Trust provides independent, objective information to help consumers make informed investment decisions. Founded in 1993 as part of a multi-state settlement to resolve charges of misconduct, IPT serves as an independent source of non-commercial investor education materials. IPT operates programs under its own auspices and uses grants to underwrite important initiatives carried out by other organizations.

News

11.01.2011: Streaming Audio of 11/01/2011 Telenews Event
11.01.2011: IPT Press Release—Stopping Elderly Fraud Cold: States, Doctors, Financial Planners, Others To Launch National Hotline November 10th To Fight Swindlers Targeting Older Americans
10.15.2011: "The Crime of the 21st Century" - Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine Special Report on Elder Fraud, November 2011
09.08.2011: Announcement of November 10, 2011 Call-In on Protecting Elder Americans from Financial Abuse
08.02.2011: IPT Press Release—States Reaching Millions of U.S. Investors Through Investor Protection Trust
01.25.2011: Elder Investment Fraud: A National Epidemic Video

Seven Investor Education Booklets

Developed by IPT and the Kiplinger Washington Editors, the seven investor education booklets tackle the basics of several key investor topics such as stocks and bonds.

IPT Elder Investor Fraud Survey

Take a look at the results of a new national survey that gauged the knowledge and behavior of senior investors as well as the views of adult children with senior parents. The survey found that 20 percent of older Americans, 7.3 million people, have already been victimized by financial swindles.